This reminds me a lot of the year (1988-89) I taught in asimilarly very depressed community, an experience that I'veposted about several times in this group. I don't have anysubstantive solutions to offer, but I think the news storydoes a good job of describing the difficulties involved,difficulties that those who have not had any experiencesin living in these types of communities may be unaware.

Also, regarding the first two comments when I read the article(given below, since they're likely to be buried by the timesomeone else visits the site), the way the Principal at theschool I taught at handled housing was through his side-jobof buying and renting trailers for teachers to live in, whichI mentioned in the following post:

* Dean: I am a retired critical needs teacher. I draw retirement,* so do not need to make a lot of money in addition to my* retirement. I would love to go to one of the areas like* the one described in this article, but not having a place* to live is an obstacle that I cannot overcome. It's just* my wife, the dog, and I these days.

* John: Same here. I teach mathematics, but without a place* to live, it would be impossible. If they could provide that,* I'd love to go there.